When Will Congress Step Up To Bat?" (Score 1)

I know that Congress has done a lot of stupid things to restrict or otherwise put restrictions on all things tech (*cough* DMCA *cough*), but I think that if there were criminal penalties for spamming, then there would be at least a degree less of it. My logic isn't so much that fear of the law will scare people off (There are still 6 million users of P2P networks, regardless of the RIAAs attempts to shut them down or scare them with law and lawsuits), but that here there is a wider economic reason. Sure with music and movie piracy, the lables, artists, and retailers miss out on a bit of money, but it's limited to that market. Spam affects us all - businesses, government, schools - there's a more compelling reason to do something about it. I would also wager that a larg enumber of the spam in the world comes from a limited number of sources (Though, I doubt all are American). Take out the big senders, and it cuts down the numbers - sorta like the drugs war (Take out producers and it will cut down the number of dealers and addicts), but hopefully with better success.